DOUBLE CROSSWORD

CRYPTIC ACROSS

1 Mess up a hairstyle, having a broken leg (6)

7 Like the bad wine Ivan Grey made (8) 8 Award to a soldier on a day of victory (4)

10 The French port is very heavy (6)

11 Mess about with some trinkets (6)

14 Collect, perhaps, but not all

together (3)

16 A sweet one can be both sound and

hot! (5)

17 Dora’s wild way (4)

19 Learner in a sad mess with the

food (5)

21 Blue-blooded boys (5)

22 The Frenchman at the shallow end

has to start again (5)

23 Maybe overcharged for a pup? (4)

26 Established in the taxidermy

business? (3,2)

28 Supplied by a G-man? (3)

29 Very serious complaint about a rag (6) 30 Yielding part of the debut due (6)

31 The beasts cross one out wrongly! (4) 32 A bit of a beast in Saskatchewan (5,3) 33 Is she relatively hospitalised? (6)

DOWN

1 One at the head of averages? (6)

2 Shown the way by an ex-Brownie? (6) 3 Not that odd number in

Sevenoaks! (4)

4 Changing an article can be quite a performance! (7)

5 Informal name that means nothing to a sailor? (5)

6 My first source of aromatic resin (5) 8 It’s silly to exclude me from the game again! (4)

9 Old soldier very good to animals? (3) 12 Show willing (3)

13 Merman, maybe? (5)

15 Recipient of tax at the end of June (5) 18 One gets it in time (5)

19 He’s a short head in front! (3)

20 It’s laid down (3)

21 Was low in discontent (7)

22 As used when traveling in Bruges? (3) 23 Like one vessel within another, they

hold water (6)

24 A brooding god? (4)

25 Antipodean archaeologist? (6)

26 Piece of sticky paper (5)

27 It might be helpful in grabbing

something to eat (5)

28 One too shrewd to take sour

grapes (3)

30 They’re at the pointed end (4) EASY ACROSS 1 Fold or wrinkle (6) 7 Food of the

gods (8)

8 Rends (4)

10 Small cupboard (6) 11 Picture house (6) 14 Boy’s name (3)

16 Carries (5)

17 Girl (4)

19 Bet (5)

21 Form a layer

over (5)

22 Wooden peg (5)

23 Merge (4)

26 Theme (5)

28 Number (3)

29 American state (6) 30 Silvery-white

element (6)

31 Owl’s cry (4)

32 Make empty (8)

33 Deathly (6) DOWN 1 Call off (6)

2 Comes about (6)

3 Compass point (4)

4 Referee (7)

5 So far (2,3)

6 Spanish snacks (5)

8 Steals from (4)

9 Female swan (3)

12 And not (3)

13 Has in mind (5)

15 Auctioneer’s hammer (5) 18 Detest, despise (5)

19 Impress greatly (3)

20 Congeal (3)

21 Fairground prize (7)

22 Use a spade (3)

23 Hat type (6)

24 Single entity (4)

25 Bad blood (6)

26 Turret (5)

27 Of the foot (5)

28 Overly (3)

30 Cast off (4)